Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 3:18 AM EDT for 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2016, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Daviess County, IN, Greene County, IN, Knox County, IN, Martin County, IN, Sullivan County, IN
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
285
WGUS53 KIND 280718
FFWIND
INC027-055-083-101-153-281015-
/O.NEW.KIND.FF.W.0005.160728T0718Z-160728T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
318 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 318 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...BICKNELL...ODON...LYONS...
ELNORA...OAKTOWN...BRUCEVILLE...PLAINVILLE...SANDBORN...
EDWARDSPORT...SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY...CRANE...PLEASANTVILLE...
BURNS CITY...FREELANDVILLE AND OWENSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3897 8735 3906 8723 3908 8669
3890 8669 3879 8692 3869 8752 3871 8752
3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
3882 8752
$$
PUMA2 follow-up statements
635
WGUS73 KIND 280840
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
440 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
INC027-055-083-101-153-281015-
/O.CON.KIND.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160728T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IN-GREENE IN-SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
440 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KNOX...GREENE...SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHWESTERN
MARTIN AND NORTHERN DAVIESS COUNTIES...
AT 439 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WERE WEAKENING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...EARLIER
HEAVY RAINS MAY STILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
VINCENNES...LINTON...BLOOMFIELD...BICKNELL...ODON...LYONS...ELNORA...
OAKTOWN...BRUCEVILLE...PLAINVILLE...SANDBORN...EDWARDSPORT...
SWITZ CITY...NEWBERRY...CRANE...PLEASANTVILLE...BURNS CITY...
FREELANDVILLE AND OWENSBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3897 8735 3906 8723 3908 8669
3890 8669 3879 8692 3869 8752 3871 8752
3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
3882 8752
$$
PUMA130
WGUS73 KIND 281007
FFSIND
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
607 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
INC027-055-083-101-153-281016-
/O.EXP.KIND.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160728T1015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
KNOX IN-GREENE IN-SULLIVAN IN-MARTIN IN-DAVIESS IN-
607 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KNOX...GREENE...
SOUTHEASTERN SULLIVAN...NORTHWESTERN MARTIN AND NORTHERN DAVIESS
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3890 8752 3897 8735 3906 8723 3908 8669
3890 8669 3879 8692 3869 8752 3871 8752
3874 8750 3877 8750 3877 8751 3878 8749
3882 8752
$$
PUMAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:06 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Jackson, Jennings | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene, Monroe | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 6:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Greene | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 7:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Shelby | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 7:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.